How to create photo albums by people in Google Photos

In 2015 there was a big update to Google Photos that, however, not everyone was able to enjoy. It was all about grouping by faces and creating albums by people. In other words, Google Photos recognized the individual who appeared in a photo, associated him with a username and created an album for him that was automatically saved in the application, so that we could have all the photos in one place. of the same person. A very appropriate function to share with someone all the photos in which it appears.

As we said, this function could not be available in Europe because it violated the privacy policies. But now, finally, we can have it legally. All you have to do is make sure that you have the 'Group similar faces' function activated in the settings of the Google Photos application. To do this, we are going to carry out the following steps.

Turn on facial recognition in Google Photos

First, of course, we must have the Google Photos application installed on our Android mobile. It is usually an application that comes pre-installed on most devices, but if you can't find it, you should go to this link in the Google Play application store. It is a free application, without , and thanks to it you will have a cloud backup of all the photos you take. Storage is free, with no capacity limit, although if you want to keep the photos in original resolution you will have to checkout.

Once you have installed it and connected to it with your Google account, we are going to activate facial recognition to group the photos you have on your mobile by faces. The first thing we are going to do is enter the settings menu of the application. Look at the three-line hamburger menu that you will find at the top of the screen. Tap on it.

Find albums by faces in Google Photos

A side window will open with numerous options available. You have to look at the one that says 'Settings' and is accompanied by a gear icon. In this section we are going to find a large number of options to fine-tune our photo application and, specifically, the function of grouping faces. Specifically, you will find it under the name of ‘Group similar faces‘.Tap on it.

On this screen you can configure four aspects of facial recognition:

• Activate grouping by faces, so that the application shows you albums organized by faces
• Your default face. In this section, the face that Google Photos has recognized as yours will appear. If you have a twin brother, for example, it might not be right, so you'll have to choose your face manually.
• Help your contacts' Google Photos app recognize your face in photos.
• Do you have cats or dogs?, are your friends the ones that do? Turn this feature on for Google Photos to recognize pet faces and also group them into albums.

Once you have configured the grouping section by faces, we have to go, on the main screen of the application, to the 'Albums' icon that we will find at the bottom of the screen. In this section we will find different albums, created by the artificial intelligence of Google. The first one is usually ‘People and pets‘. If you click on it, all the people who star in the photos you have in the application will appear in a mosaic. If you see a face without a name, you can click on it and add it yourself so that it can be correctly identified later.